At the beginning, you might find it hard to read books silently.

刚开始，你或许会发现很难安静地读书。

The second time, if there is audio, you can listen to the speaker as you read along silently.

第二遍的时候，如果有音频的话，你可以一边默读一边听讲者说话。

They split participants up into two groups: one read words silently, while the other said every word out loud.

一组默读，而另一组则把每个字都大声读出来。

Test individuals were given a list of words where half were read silently and the other half were read out loud.

测试者拿到一张单词表，要求他们一半的人要默读单词，另一半人要把单词大声地读出来。

You will read the question silently, but you will give your answer out loud.

你会默读问题，但会大声说出你的答案。

Aristotle is probably thinking of reading texts out loud rather than the modern habit of reading silently in solitude.

亚里士多德可能想到的是大声朗读文本， 而不是现代人在孤独中默读的习惯。

First read the appropriate parts of your notes silently, if you are using outline notes, this won't take you long.

首先默读笔记的适当部分， 如果你使用的是大纲笔记，这不会花你很长时间。

Some look at you vacantly as you pass; some are reading, silently or aloud, and appear unconscious of the streaming throng.

有些人在你经过时茫然地看着你； 有些人正在阅读， 有声有声，似乎没有注意到川流不息的人群。

Now you can try this in your first language, and I bet that if you read out loud, you read a lot slower than if you read silently.

现在你可以用你的母语试试这个，我敢打赌， 如果你大声朗读，你的阅读速度会比默读慢很多。

Like increasing the amount of text you process during each fixation, flashing words in one spot rapidly, and eliminating “subvocalization” – that voice that reads “aloud” in your head when you read silently.

比如在每次定影阅读时增加你处理的文本量、快速地在一个地方闪现单词、消除“默读”行为——即当你默读时，大脑中还会有的“大声”读的声音。

In a 2012 study, researchers looked at how a person performed on tasks when they were given instructions to either silently read to themselves versus when they read the instructions aloud.

在 2012 年的一项研究中，研究人员观察了一个人在被指示默读和大声朗读指示时的任务表现。

When given a new list of words and asked to identify which ones they had already read previously, they were able to record the words read out loud with significantly more frequency than those read silently.

然后再给他们一张新的单词表，要他们认出来那些是他们之前看过的。结果表明，大声读出单词的人明显能够辨认出更多的单词。

(St Augustine, in the 4th century, was astonished to meet a man who read silently .) For Ms Vallejo, much of the fascination of books lies in the fixing of puffs of air into visible letters and signs.

（ 公元 4 世纪的圣奥古斯丁惊讶于遇到一个默默阅读的人。 ）对于 Vallejo 女士来说， 书籍的魅力很大程度上在于将一股股空气凝固成可见的字母和符号。